Garment



June 26, 1923 A. ROC K E GARMENT Filed May 27,- 1922 IIW/ENTOR 19. 0X; 6

WITNESSES Patented June 2%, i923.

ABRAHAM ROCKE, OF NEW YORK, Y., ASSIGNOB T0 PEERLESS CORSET 00., INC., 015 NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORQK.

GARMENT.

Application filed May 27, 1922. Serial No. 564,015.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM Rooms, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of New York, borough of Bronx, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Garment, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a garment, and aims to provide a device of this nature, such as a corset, which will embody an improved construction over garments heretofore placed upon the market.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a device of the type stated which will embody an extremely simple construction, and be capable of being placed upon the market at a nominal figure, it being noted that by means of the construction employed, the body will be supported in a more desirable manner, incident to the fact that first; more freedom of movement is permitted, and secondly that the garment may be caused to adapt itself to the body of the wearer in a manner heretofore regarded as only possible in. connection with a custom built corset.

Another object of this invention resides in the provision of a garment in the nature of a corset the parts .of which may be adjusted to snugly encircle the parts of the wearers body and to conform to the peculiarities and irregularities thereof.

A. still further object of my invention is that of providing a corset which will efficiently support the back of the wearer and which may also confine the hips to an extent which will cause them to present a rounded appearance.

Still another object of my invention is that of constructing a corset which may act as a brassiere to confine the bust, thus eliminating the necessity of an additional garment for this purpose. and further retaining the bust in a more desirable manner.

\Vith these and further objects in mind my invention contemplates a garment in the nature of a corset presenting a body portion, together with means permitting ofan adjustment of the parts of the same to conform to the wearers body.

In the attached drawings in which a practical embodiment of my invention is shown it will be noted that;

Figure 1 is a plan view of the garment, and I Figure 2 is a transverse sectional View of the same taken along the line 22 and in the direction of the arrows indicated in Figassociate oppositely disposed and spaced reinforcing strips of material 8 with the garment at the central portion thereof, these strips providing extended portions 9 projecting towards each other adjacent the lower ends of the strips 8. Between these extended portions, and in the embodiment illustrated, at the center of the garment,a strip of resilient material 10 is positioned, and is adjustably attached to the extended portions aforementioned by any suitable means such as lacings 11. Also associated with the garment are straps 12 having their ends substantially in line with the strip 10 and arranged in opposed relationship to each other, sothat fastening elements such as buckles 13 may be associated with these ends to attach the same together.

Thus it will be obvious that a wearer may associate the garment with her body by attaching the component parts of the fastening elements to each other, and causing the body 5 of the garment to encircle her body. Subsequent to this disposition of the parts, the buckles 13 may be caused to secure the straps 12 in position and to a point at which they will cause the garment to encircle the waist in a slightly less snug manner than is finally desired. The laces 11 may be now adjusted to cause the garment to assume its final position at the waist, and by virtue of the resilient connecting strip 10 it will be obvious that there will always be a certain amount of play and give which will prevent any binding or discomforture, although the garment will snugly embrace the waist and encircle the body at this point with just the degree of fit which is most desirable in order to obtain an efficient support for the back and confinement of the parts adjacent the waist, without the same being burdensome.

Now to obtain the desired result at the hip portions, it will be noted that in the edge of the garment, and extend into the body of the same, to any desired depth, these openings being capable of being closed by any suitable means such as laces 17 which are associated with them.

Thus it will be obvious that the objects of this invention have been accomplished incident to the fact that the structure presented by the extended portions 9, strips 10 and straps 12 will permit a garment to be rendered adaptable to the wearers body in such a manner as to snugly embrace the same at all points, and to efficiently support the back. Further due to the provision of the gusset or opening 14, the upper portion of the hips may be confined, and finally incident to the brassiere construction afforded, a garment of this nature will also serve to confine the bust, it being noted however that all of these results may be achieved according to my construction by a garment embodying an extremely simple arrangement and associa tion of the parts.

Obviously numerous modifications of structure might readily be resorted to without in the least departing from the scope of my claim; which is In a garment, a body formed of a single piece of resilient material, reinforcing strips at the ends thereof, other reinforcing strips secured to the central portion thereof in spaced relation to each other, a resilient strip connecting adjacent edges of the last named reinforcing strips, and adjusting straps connecting the central reinforcing strips with the reinforcing strips at the ends of the body.

ABRAHAM ROCKE. 

